Concord, Mass.
1896
April 24
[April 24, 1896]

  Clear with strong E. [East] wind.
  I went to Cambridge to-day. While the train was
passing Great Meadow I saw a man with a gun
wading over the place where the Snipe were last night.
Pat afterwards told me that three gunners with a
dog were beating the meadow the whole forenoon &
that they fired a great many times. Alas! for the
poor Snipe! They did not slay my Bittern
for while at the Buttricks' this evening I could
hear him faintly but distinctly - a full mile away.